Gold "O" inscribed "The Beginning of............" Part 1

[leslie(nova scotia)]

From the land of the Bluenose.....had the pleasure yesterday of having a visit from French Dave and his little princess Mary Rose, who is growing like a weed and with more get up and go then the Energizer Bunny. We couldn't go detecting but did talk up a storm on the subject and I let French Dave go through my finds and take the military stuff as well as the Spanish coin I found this year.

Subject came up about coin cleaning so I dug out a toasty encrusted Dominican coin and did the heating thing on the stove.
Well me son a few moments later we heard a loud pop and voila...we doubled our money as the coin split in two!
So much for that idea.

After a meal and a movie my guests had to go and met up with Monique who is in town attending a doctor's conference. Imagine poor French Dave will be dragged to every shopping mall in metro by the end of the night by his two ladies!

Today started out okay but the tv said that we were in for a cold day with snow and high winds. Just the type of weather I love to detect in me son so I double bagged myself and away I went. Really wasn't too bad in the beginning with just the sky getting a tad dark over the armoury.

[gordiesgirl]

I have never seen a coin split in two like that. Pretty cool.

[Steve in PR]

That's pretty funny, Leslie. I tried the stove, aluminum and baking powder thing and got mixed results. At least you doubled your money!

[ObMiT]

Too cool. It looks like it had a small void in it. Good way to double your money.

Tim

:merrychristmas:

[bigbillinsc]

im jumpin over to pt 2 now.... ya really know how to keep us southern boys in suspens...LMAO

[The TINMAN]

Thats just to Cool Leslie. Never heard of that happening. Good Luck Hunting and hope your holidays are the best.

Th:christmastree1: TINM:christmastree1:N

:christmaswindow: :merrychristmas: :christmaswindow:

[johnj45586]

I have seen rocks explode, but never a coin. Now I am going to have to look into Dominican coin production.
I use the rock tumbler approach to my cleaning - most coins found near salt water really require it. But if I find a Dominican coin I'm going to put it on the stove!
Happy hunting!